Blood and Bone

I keep wondering how you disappear and still won’t leave me alone It’s like I’m in a dead religion my heart sacrificed on a stone All that’s left of me is blood and bone I was hiking the traffic jam, when my heart stuck out its thumb You slowed down, your smiling lips were red I can’t pump the brakes on that memory Traffic lights can’t stop your beauty living rent-free in my head I keep wondering how you disappear and still won’t leave me alone Deliver me from this fire From this game in play Release me from desire or at least meet me halfway I put it to the Master of all space and time Blood and bone is most unkind My freedom has been reckless, Ambition has cut in line when intention fumbled in a bind But I’m not some Casanova she threw under the bus I ‘ve read Augustine, Jean Paul Sartre and the psalms When I raise my hand in question I hope you get a glimpse of dignity that was stapled to my palms I keep wondering how you disappear and still won’t leave me alone Deliver me from this fire From this game in play Release me from desire or at least meet me halfway Can’t beg for pardons I haven’t earned Can’t find you on my phone I keep wondering how you disappear and still won’t leave me alone